contrary to popular perception, China's direct participation in other primary sectors, such as forestry and agriculture, is negligible.

Chinese investments have ...led to a rehabilitation of dilapidated
mining infrastructure, while enhancing the country's production
capacity through the construction of new processing facilities and the
development of greenfield mines.

These investments have proven to be more stable and less subject to
commodity price fluctuations than their Western counterparts.

Moreover, while Chinese investors are widely criticized for their
poor corporate performance, on most labor-related and environmental
dimensions, Chinese mines perform on-par with industry averages.

"Early evidence appears to contradict many of the long-held assumptions about Chinese economic and political participation in resource-rich countries."